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Scraps and .facts. ? Gastonla, September 18: Dewey Hall, aged 20, an employe of the Clara mill here, was Instantly killed this afternoon by coming in contact with an electric current on one of the Southern Power company's steel tcwers, a mile south of town. In company with his father, C. F. Hall, he had been hunting and was on his way home when he told his father he was going to climb and take a look over the country. Before reaching the top, his body came in contact with the heavily charged wire and he was killed instantly. ? The record for high aeroplane flight was broken at Berlin last Friday, by Orvllle Wright who flew in his ma chine in the presence of the empress, Princess Louise and Prince Augustine and a large party from the court. He attained a height of 233 metres (765 feet). The best previous record for height was made by Hubert Latham. Mr. Wright's altitude was measured by a captive balloon moored at ' a height of 183 metres, and it is estimated that he rose 50 meters above the balloon. The empress and her sons congratulated Mr. Wright on his performance. Mr. Wright was in the air for 53 minutes and his flight was witnessed by his sister. Miss Katherine Wright. A strong wind was blowing part of the time and made it necessary for the aviator to execute the mosl intricate manoeuvres so far witnessed here. Mr. Wright made another flight of 47 minutes and 5 seconds with a passenger, Capt. Englehardt ? Washington, September 19: A startling situation has developed as the result of a taking of stock of the forestry resources of this country according to Treadwell Cleveland, Jr., expert in the bureau of forestry. It has been shown, Mr. Cleveland declares. that we are taking from the forest every year three and a half times as much wood as is added by the new growth; that less than one third of the growing tree felled hy tne lumbermen Is ever used at all, so that two-thirds of all the timber cut is simply destroyed. It has shown :hat one-eleventh of all the forests are swept by fires every year, and that on the average since 1870 forest fires have yearly cost $50,000,000 In timber and fifty lives. It has shown, Mr. Cleveland continues, that over 99 per cent of the forests In private hands?which comprise three-fourths of all the forest land and four-fifths of all the wood ?Is devastated by destructive use and the sweep of unchecked fires, while less than 1 per cent is Droperly handled for successive crops oi ftectlvely protected from fire. ? Atlanta, September 20: With all communication with New Orleans and the lower Mississippi cut off tonight by the gulf coast hurricane and with all efforts to reach the city futile, much concern is felt for Crescent town. The storm, which had its origin below Cuba and Porto Rico, reached New Orleans and the gulf coast today. At 8, It struck New Orleans. At 4, it was hlnwin^ naarlv flftv miles an hour. At 6 o'clock buildings were suffering and reports from Plaquemine paxish, below the city and on the gulf coast, indicated that - the inhabitants had been driven from their homes and were in danger of their lives. Gradually communication with the city became more difficult and wire after wire was reported down. The storm was still raging and growing in intensity. Finally, at 8.40 the last wire went out and the city was isolated from the world. It is known, however, that the storm at 3 o'clock has sent the . waters of the Mississippi three feet above the usual stage. It is known also that New Orleans is five feet below the sea level and that its only protection against a flood is its levees and dykes. That these are strong and high Is conceded and in this fact lies the hope of safety for the beautiful former capital of the former French empire in America. ? Chicago, September 22: Bench warrants were issued today by Judge Jesse A. Baldwin, of the circuit court, for John J. Holland, member and secretary of the Cook cuo ty Jury commission; Nicholas A. Martin, secretary to Alderman Kenna, of the First ward, and Willis J. Rayburn, a real estate man. The charge against the three is that they conspired to draw names of arrand Jurors in a manner other than that required by law. Coming1 in the midst of the trial of Inspector McCann for alleged grafting, the news of the action based on alleged tampering with the Jury lists caused great excitement in legal and political circles. In criminal court circles the action was regarded as the forerunner of a wholesale exposure of alleged conspiracies, which may have affected the drawing of other grand and petit Juries. Because of the sensational nature of the charge against Inspector McCann, who is accused of accepting "hush money" from disorderly houses in his district, especial care was exercised, it was believed, in drawing the grand Jury which indicted him and in selecting the members of the petit Jury now engaged in deciding on his guilt or innocence. Commenting upon the issuance of the warrants, and the cause of the drastic action, State Attorney Wayman said today: "We propose to throw the light on the darkest hole in Cook county and clean out the Jury commissioners' room, which is rottnn " TTnrlnr tho cto tn lan' tVio nnmno of prospective grand jurors are selected at random from a sealed box containing the names of 1,500 citizens who have been examined for jury service by the jury commissioners and their fitness certified to. A similar method is prescribed for petit jury lists. The three accused men are alleged to have substituted other names for those ' drawn^io the regular manner. ? The Cook-Peary controversy, or rathe/- the efforts of Peary to discreet Cook continues, and it looks now as if Cook's claims are to be substantiated by members of Peary's own party. In a statement some time ago. Cook told how on his trip north, he left some provisions and other goods in a cache at Etah, a solitary spot up near the pole, and when he returned last spring, he found that his provisions had been taken by Peary and placed in charge of John Murphy, his boatswain, and that the boatswain woulH not let him have his own DroD erty. A wireless dispatch from Labrador, Sunday, says that a young man named Pritchard. an assistant cook, who had been detailed by Peary to remain with Murphy at Annotok, who was there when Cook arrived, has atmitted that he knew all about the whole matter. Whether Murphy was informed of Dr. Cook's success Pritchard did not know, but unquestionably Harry Whitney, who was at the store house when Dr. Cook returned from his dash with the two Esquimaux, is con versant with all the facts. Whitney did not disclose this Interesting piece of news to Commander Peary and Prltchard kept It from Peary during the entire voyage of the Roosevelt to Battle Harbor. Prltchard said that he was at the house at Annotok with Whitney and Cook, while Murphy was at Etah. He heard" Dr. Cook describe to the New Haven sportsman how he went to. the pole and remained there two days. He could not remember whether Dr. Cook said he remained there April 21 and 22, or whether It wo a Anrll 22 end 23. Dr. Cook used a map to Illustrate the route followed. Asked why he had not repeated this on board the Roosevelt, Prltchard said Dr. Cook had told him to say nothing about his having been at the pole until the Roosevelt reached civilization. ^orkiillf (Inquirer. Entered at the Postofflce In Yorkvllle as Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORXVILLE. 8. C.t TUESDAY SEPTEMBER, 21, 1909. "There is constant inquiry as to whether the Charleston, Clinchfleld & Ohio railroad will probably run through York county," says The Yorkville Enquirer. What road is that? South Carolina must not tamper with its name in such a reckless manner.? Charlotte Chronicle. We beg leave to declare that it was , purely a matter of inadvertence that j we said "Charleston" instead of Caro- j Una; but after all, we don't think it { makes a great deal of difference. This jv\as mav nnt mma throueh York . county as so many people hope, but It can hardly keep away from Charleston. The News and Courier draws a tellIn; contrast between the conduct of Peary and Cook, with reference to the news of the discovery of the north pole. Peary, in the employ of the government, and receiving a good salary for his services, copyrighted the news he gave out and made the people pay for it Cook gave out his information without charge, declining to make a commercial commodity of news of such momentous interest to the whole world. This view of the case does seem discreditable to Peary. County Supervisor Pearman is going to ask the grand Jury, which will be in session here next week, for authority to employ an auditor to check the books of the various county offices. Mr. Pearman does not believe there is anything wrong with any of the books, but he thinks an audit should be made as a matter of busi- ' ness. The books of the offices have c never been audited.?Anderson Spe- a v. tai. _ Z As has already been published, the j York county grand Jury has done just what the Anderson supervisor wants f the grand jury of his county to do. And it is a very wise thing. There is no reason to believe that there is any- f thing wrong, but we do not know of j a better way to keep things from get- ( ting wrong. In this connection, we t desire to suggest that it would be a t good idea if the state government would provide for the creation of an j auditing department, composed of t thoroughgoing experts, for the purpose of auditing the books of all state, r county, and school district officials at least once a year, and afterward, whenever circumstances seem to suggest the necessity. c It is announced that the great Halley comet, so called because Edmund . Halley, British astronomer royal, was the first to discover and establish its ^ orbit, came within the reach of \i telescopic vision last week, and will reach its perihelion between April 8 t and May 10. The distance of the ^ comet from the earth is now about 1300.000.000 miles This is probably the greatest comet tne woria nas ever seen. It has been known for about 2,000 years, and Its appearance from the earliest times and on through the Middle Ages caused the people to fear this comet. Pestilence followed, they believed, In Its train. The public enemy, and that for long ages was the Turk, had only to reach Into the strangely illumined heavens and grasp the sword ^ of God for the destruction of the natlons. When the comet was in the sky men feared their roofs, dreaded to lose sight for a moment of the impending terror, slept fitfully In the open lest the doom might come upon them un- ^ awares. An old print shows a city street crowded with all sorts and conditions of men gazing helplessly at a 0 great stab of heaven sent flame quiv- c ering to descend upon earth for vie- 8 tims, the threat of the breaking of the <] seal:., the opening of the vials and the s great last day when the heavens should 1 roll up like a scroll and man's doom * should be recorded eternally. It is a s fact that many of the great tragedies F of history occurred, while this comet j was visible in the heavens; but, of f course, these are only to be regarded 1 as coincidences, because still greater v tragedies, or tragedies eouallv as erreat I are recorded as having occurred while s the comet was invisible. But, how- c ever, all this. Halley's comet is a grand sight, and all the people of earth will be more or less affected by its , coming visit, some with enjoyment of its grandeur and others with indescribable dread. The comet should be visible to the naked eye within a few weeks and it will reach its greatest glory some time next spring. Intelligence Will Rule. Of course, there is a large per cent of people who do not realize the fact; but it is true a3 the gospel itself that intelligence?intelligence backed by energy and industry?is the only certain source of present or future power. The world is full of people who think that superior physical force is the trump card, and next to these in number, are those who think that cunning?low cunning and trickery?are the things with which to conjure success, and there is no practicable way of convincing either class that it is wrong, simply because neither class has sense enough to appreciate the real truth. The very best proof of the fact that * Intelligence will always rule, Is the 5 fact that It always has ruled. In- 1 stautly the mind of some readers will f hark back to the days when physical ? force was supposed to control every- t thing; but the ready and incontrovert- ^ lble answer Is. that the physical force y that was directed by the strongest In- c telligence always prevailed in the end. r Of course, it is easy to point out hundreds of incidents in history where intelligence, which is almost synonymous with right and truth, has been fettered and held down by superior force. This Is not disputed. On the :ontraiy, it is embraced as the best possible evidence of the fact that Intelligence is all powerful. Error has held sway In many things temporarily; hut in every case where past errors have not finally yielded to intelligent truth, they will certainly do so in the future. Intelligence must rule; it is bound to rule; there is no way to permanently keep it from ruling. Temporary success by trickery and force is common in many lines. We iee it at the bar, we see it in medicine, we see it in commerce, we see it in avery business and profession. We know that the world is full of people who feel that "nothing succeeds like success," and who always stand ready to accept present evidence of success is an absolutely satisfactory guarantee of the real article, without even :onsidering what might be the final jutcome. Such people are always solely for self. They do not appreciate the fact that the world was created for others also, and that It is joverned by unchangable natural and ilvine laws, which enforce themselves with such infallible precision as to make it absolutely silly to try to escape their operation. And so it is in all things with which ! we have to deal in every day life. Iglorance and error sometimes prevail tor the time being. Brute force frejuently gains temporary ascendancy. 3ometimes the natural order is slow :o adjust itself; but always, sooner or ater, intelligence and truth will prevail. * In DaIilirt The people of this country do not :ake as much Interest as they should n politics, and it Is time for them to )egin realizing the fact and trying to lo better. It Is quite a common thing to hear nen of intelligence and affairs, men who do things in a commercial or msiness way, complain at the nature >f the laws, the character and capacity i >f public officials and the way the laws 1 ire enforced, and not one out of ten of ' hese people making such complairtls ,wm tn rontizp that thev are only ' complaining against themselves. ( It Is pretty well understood of course, that this is a republic, and ev- 1 crybody knows that a republican form ' >f government is one under which the ' teople are supposed to govern themlelves; but there seems to be only the 1 lightest appreciation of the thor- 1 ughly well established principle that 1 io republican government is any beter or any worse than the people who ' ive under it make it, and that repre- ' entatives and office holders are not to ' >e expected to be above or below the tverage character of the voters through ! vhom they get their commissions. ' There are plenty of good citizens ' vho do not want and who will not have * rffice of any kind If they can help It, ' ind there are many other good clti- ' ;ens who can sympathize with them 1 n that sentiment; but at the same ime it is not safe to admit that any ' n*.a should be exempt from the res- 1 conslbiUtles of office holding under my and all circumstances. And how- ' ever all this may be, there is abs ' utely no question of the fact that it s the bounden duty of every citizen to ' ake a deep Interest in all that perains to the government, more espe:ially to use his best efforts in seeding the right kind of men to fill all he offices. It is common to hear men claim that >olitlcs is a dirty business?too dirty l business for decent men to mix up vlth; but this proposition will not itand close scrutiny. It will have to >e admitted that there is a good deal if dirty politics; but under the cir:umstances it is up to those who obect to dirty politics to answer two Itifinf Inna *i?Ka la nrl nr?| r\Q 1 J [Uvoiiuiio. x iioi, miv to n?o j/? ???v?pw.. ufterer from dirty politics and second, vho is responsible for dirty politics, ! .nd every honest man who undertakes i o answer these questions frankly will lave to say "me." 1 But even If there Is dirt in politics, < t does not follow at all that anybody kill have to do dirt to elevate condi- 1 ions. Exactly the contrary. Also, y here is no escaping the fact that the esponslbility for dirty politics rests < ipon those who would be clean. If , hey would give the subject the attenion its importance demands?the at- , ention their own interests demand, here would be no dirty politics. The ( tandards would necessarily be raised 11 along the line. _ < SULLY SAYS 11,000,000. ( lotton Operator Predicts Price of 15 ' to 16 Cents. ^ rionlol T Gnllv r\t Mour Vnrlr thA ~ - ( otton king, who in 1904, cornered the t otton crop and sent the price of that taple to the unheard of price of 17 ents a pound, was in Greenville Frilay afternoon, says the News, and pent the afternoon and evening talk- ] ng with some of the business men of t he city. As is known, Mr. Sully has made everal statements in regard to the < (resent crop of cotton now growing ( hroughout the south, estimating the , ncoming crop at 11,000,000 bales, and , >redicting that the price will rise to J 5 or 16 cents within the next few , veeks. This statement he confirmed ast night, saying that his trip through , rom Atlanta to Greenville had itrengthened him in his belief, upon , bserving the cotton fields. They were ( n bad condition, he declared, and ? le added that he has seen more open 1 :otton in the fields in the month of ranuary than he has seen on the pres- i nt tour through the south. He is , ooking for a small crop and a large , >rice this year, he says. In talking to a reporter in Atlanta i ibout his visit to the sunny cotton ields in Dixie, Mr. Sully spoke as fol- ' ows: * "In connection with a work which am planning?of great economic val- \ le to the cotton producing' states of , he south?I am making a personal , .'Isit to our state agents in the south , o have a face-to-face talk with them I n regard to the reports of a poor crop vhich they made. I left Washington ' Saturday, and went direct to Memphis, \ vhere I met seventeen of these cotton , statistical expeits, who reported in >erson on the cotton crop conditions ' n Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Ar- 1 cansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. I : sent two statistical exoerts who re- , jorted in Atlanta Wednesday night, ind have seen four men during the day ,vho report on Georgia. They say that lp to three weeks ago southwest Georgia had a good crop, with not so rood in middle Georgia, and poor in he upper section. These conditions lave deteriorated on account of the Irouth in the last three weeks. "I go to Columbia, S. C., tonight, | ind then to Greenville, and back to Washington. In all my life I have not seen the conditions as they are today. * Especially is this true west of the rlv>r. The lack of winter rains, the ex- ( ;essive drouth of the spring in Texas md the scalding winds of August have Iried up the crop. What is true of J rexas is also true of Arkansas. I have i >een over Tennessee, a part of Ala- , tama and part of Georgia. I have seen ;attle in the field where there was nore grass than cotton." < LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. W. W. Lewis, Executor?Gives notice of the sale of the personalty property of Mrs. Ek C. Weber, deceased, on October 1st. B. F. Smith, 1st Lieut.?Calls for a meeting of Co. "L," at the armory on Friday evening at 7.30 o'clock. Clem F. Gordon, Supervisor?Publishes notice of a change in the time of holding the next meeting of the county board of commissioners. O. D. Anderson and E. W. Long, Agents?Will after Monday next maintain regular hours for receiving and delivering freight at their respective depots. Thomson Co.?Extends an invitation to the general public to attend its fall millinery display on Thursday, evening and Friday next; and also see the display of suits for ladies and clothing for men. J. L. Williams & Co.?Quote low prices on heavy goods for cash. They have received 6,000 pairs of shoes? all kinds?during the past thirty uaj o# Loan and Savings Bank?Tells you what can be accomplished by the "straight ahead" method of doing things. Systematic saving Is the only way. York Supply Co.?Has red rust proof and Appier seed oats and expects various other seeds this week. Improved farm tools of various kinds. Sam M. Grist?Writes Are insurance and can place yours in any one of a dozen time-tried and fire-tested companies. Louis Roth?Beginning today can supply his customers with West Point select oysters, 40c. quart. Herndon & Gordon?Will Bell you only groceries of the best quality. See them for "Fino" coffee and various kinds of musical instruments. Yorkvllle Hardware Co.?Has a few first-class cooking stoves, which It offers at reduced prices. Also has a good variety of other cooking stoves and ranges. York Drug Store?Invites you to see it for all kinds of toilet articles, including talcum and complexion powders, soaps, brushes, combs, colognes, T. W. Speck?Says that the man who writes should have a fountain pen and he can supply you with either Waterman or Parker pens. W. M. Kennedy, Agent?Is Bhowing the new fall line of Lamm & Co.'s made-to-measure clothing?the kind that fits and wants you to see samples. A glimpse of the King's Mountain monument can be had from the Southern railroad at a point about two miles east of Grover. Since the heavy rains of last week, there has beer a good deal of complaint of deep mud in the recently worked roads. It is bad, it is really very disagreeable; but there seems to be no other way for it than that water an dust will make mud. It would seem that It Is now time that everybody should know enough not to attempt to climb the tower of the power lines. It is sure death to all who attempt it. People, other than slectricians of more or less knowledge of what they are doing, are silly to even touch the supports of these towers. In its last issue, the Gastonia Gazette acknowledges four subscriptions af $5 each, to the fund that is being raised to defray the expenses at the celebration at King's Mountain battleground on October 7, and in its next Issue will no doubt acknowledge still further subscriptions. The Charlotte Mews has also offered to acknowledge such subscriptions as may be made for the same purpose. Governor Kitchin of North Carolina, Is to be at King's Mountain on October 7. He indicated last week that he would not be there, and although it is understood that Governor Ansel had promised to bring him from Asheville, It appears that the governor was assuming that there would be no trouble about the matter. Editor Atkins of the Gastonia Gazette, telephoned us this morning, however, that COl. C. B. Armstrong had Just returned to Gastonia from Raleigh, and he brought with him a positive promise from Governor Kitchin that he would be at the celebration. VORK COUNTY 8. 8. ASSOCIATION Beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, September 22, the nine townships of Fork county will hold their Sunday School conventions at the times and places named: Bullock's Creek Township?At Sharon on September 22. Broad River Township?At Hickory 3rove on September 23. Bethesda Township?At McConlellsville on September 24. King's Mountain Township?At Closer on September 25. Fort Mill Township?At Fort Mill >n September 28. York Township?At Yorkvllle on September 29. Catawba and Ebenezer Townships? \t Rock Hill on September 30. Bethel Township?At Allison Creek :hurch on October 2. Two of the state workers, Miss 3race Vandlver, superintendent of the jlementary department, and Mr. J. M. Way, general secretary, are to be at ;ach township convention. Among :he subjects to receive consideration ire Graded Lessons, Cradle Roll, Home Department, Teacher Training, Organized Adult Classes and Methods of :eaching. THE CELEBRATION FUND. Mrs. G. H. O'Leary, treasurer of the King's Mountain Monument associa:ion, acknowledges the following con:ributions to the fund for the purposes if the celebration at the battleground in October 7: Previously acknowledged $508 25 3. M. McNeel, additional 10 00 3. E. Wilklns 5 00 Mrs. W. M. Love, McConnellsville 5 00 Miss Rita Witherspoon, Guthriesville 2 50 ?ash. Yorkville 1 00 Gazette Pub. Co., Gastonia, N. C. 5 00 3. N. Boyce, Gastonia, N. C. .. 5 00 R. P. Rankin, Gastonia, N. C. .. 5 00 1. K. Dixon. Gastonia, N. C. ... 5 00 R. B. Babington, Gastonia, N. C. 5 00 r. B. Butler, Gaffney 5 00 W. H. Hall, Gaffney 1 00 I. G. Pitman, Gaffney 1 00 E. H. DeCamp, Gaffney 1 00 F. A. Carroll, Gaffney 5 00 r. E. Webster, Gaffney 1 00 W. W. Gaffney, Gaffney 2 00 1. E. Jeffreys, Gaffney 1 00 H. D. Wheat, Gaffney 10 00 Mrs. N. S. Moore, Gaffney .... 1 00 (Vm. N. Smith, Gaffney 1 00 sianyarne .untie, uanney l 00 Dever Little, GafTney 1 00 >1. H. Littlejohn, GafTney 1 00 F. T. Carson, GafTney 60 L,. Y. Randall, GafTney 50 W. C. Hamrlck, GafTney 1 00 r. D. Goudelock, GafTney 50 J. Q. Little, GafTney 1 00 Ft. A. Jones, GafTney 50 3eo. G. Byars, GafTney 1 00 W. D. Anderson, Lockhart 2 00 Total $595 25 WITHIN THE TOWN. ? There was quite a large audience >ut at the entertainment given by the Monumental Minstrels last night In the Interest of the Battle Monument lelebratlon fund and all present enjoy?d the programme immensely. ? The paving work on North Congress street has been very much retarded during the past few days on iccount of the rain; but operations tvere resumed yesterday morning and ivill be pushed as rapidly as possible. ? Agents Long and Anderson, of the Carolina and North-Western and the I Southern railroads respectively, are giving notice in another column that hereafter they are to have regular hours for receiving and delivering freight, instead of trying to keep their offices open before and after reasonable hours as heretofore. The public cannot regard this arrangement as other than reasonable and will be governed accordingly. ? There is to be a called meeting of the First Associate Reformed Presbytery in the Associate Reformed church next Thursday morning at 11 o'clock, for the purpose of dissolving the pastoral relations of Rev. J. L. Oates with the churches at Hickory Grove and Smyrna and installing Mr. Oates as pastor at Yorkville. There will probably be an executive session of the 1 A-? *? Kilt preSDyiei y III lUC ancuiuuu, uut uui | lnlte announcement of this will be made at the morning session. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. W. W. Miller of Rock Hill, Is visiting Mr. L. R. Williams' family. Miss Annie Ashe of YorkvlIIe, left Monday for Chicora college, Greenville. Mr. John R. Ashe returned to New York yesterday, to resume his medical | studies. Mrs. C. F. Williams and children of Columbia, are visiting relatives and friends In Yorkville. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Speck, and Miss I Rosa Steele of Yorkville, are spending today In Charlotte. Mr. H. C. Strauss and Master Strauss Smith of Spartanburg, spent yesterday with friends in Yorkville. Mrs. A. J. Dunlap of Yorkville No. 3, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. M. Hubbard of Huntersville, N. C. Mr. C. B. Betts of Yorkville No. 3, left last week to enter the Theological seminary of Erskine college. Due West Mrs. Lowry Guy of No. 4 Chester, l Is spending a few days with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Lowry in Yorkville. Mr. John L. Carroll of Mt. Vernon, Ga., spent several days last week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. j-?. Carroll on Yorkville No. 7. Mr. John L. Ashe of McConnellsville, returned home last Sunday afternoon, after spending three weeks in northern cities and Canada with a party of S. A. L. tourists. Messrs. John and Will Fewell of Rock Hill, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Sadler, at the Shandon hotel, in Yorkville. Mrs. W. H. Barnwell of Stateburg, Mr. W. H. Barnwell of Charlotte, and Miss Leila Boykin of Camden, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Barnwell In Yorkville, Sunday. EXERCISES OF THE 7TH. Pursuant to adjournment from Gastonla, the executive committee of the King's Mountain Monument association met in the library of the Law building in Charlotte last Saturday, for the purpose or rurtnenng tne arrangements for the celebration at King's Mountain battleground on October 7, and of arousing the Charlotte people to practical interest In the occasion. The meeting was called to order by Col. A. Coward, chairman, with W. D. Grist, secretary, keeping the records, and among the others present were Col. W. W. Lewis, of the First South Carolina regiment, Yorkvllle; Mr. M. C. Willis, Yorkvllle; Mr. W. A. Mauney, King's Mountain, N. C.; Col. C. B. Armstrong, Gastonla, N. C.; Mrs. D. E. Finley, Yorkvllle; Miss Lesslle D. Witherspoon, regent of the King's Mountain chapter, D. A. R., Yorkvllle; Hon. E. Y. Webb, Shelby, N. C.; Mrs. W. C. Hutchinson, of the Catawba chapter, D. A. R., Rock Hill; and Mrs. John Vanlandlngham, state regent of North Carolina, D. A. R.; Mrs. Latta Johnson Miss Julia Robertson, Mrs. J. E. Carson, Mrs.JD. G. McManaway, Mayor nawKins, unairman of the County Commissioners W. M. Long, Judge A. Burwell, Mr. C. W. Tillett, Mr. W. C. Maxwell, Charlotte, N. C. As at previous meetings, Col. Coward reviewed the eflorts of the executive committee up to the present time, and explained to those present the indispensable need of money with which to celebrate the occasion in a manner creditable to all concerned, and various details connected with the proposed exercises were discussed at more or less length. Col. W. W. Lewis told what had been done looking to securing the presence of South Carolina troops and said that he expected that there would be at least ten companies, including the Clemson and Citadel cadets, and urged the sending of troops from Charlotte. Mayor Hawkins stated that he thought there would be no trouble about the attendance of the Charlotte military, and offered a resolution which was adopted, to the effect that the local D. A. R. chapters be requested to get behind Mr. W. H. Twltty, of the committee on finance, and give the people of Charlotte an opportunity to subscribe to the fund that is being raised to pay the expenses of the occasion. Hon. E. Y. Webb, made a few appropriate remarks, taking occasion to say that this King's Mountain monument is the most imposing and expensive memorial shaft in the United States, south of Washington, and that it is something of which all our people have a right to be proud. He felt sure that the Charlotte military would be on hand, and he was also confident that the people of Charlotte would be er 1o/1 of fho nnnnrfimltv to SllhsPrlbfc to the fund that is being raised for the purpose of the celebration. Mr. W. A. Mauney, executive committeeman from King's Mountain, stated that the people of his town were very much Interested in the matter of transporting visitors, who got off there, to and from the battleground. He said that in addition to the hotel accommodations, the people had arranged to take care of such as desired to remain overnight in private homes. The transportation rates had been fixed at $1.50 for the round trip in carriages and 75 cents for the round trip in wagons. Every arrangement, he said had been made to take care of ail who m'ght seek to reach the battleground by way of the town of King's Mountain. Col. Coward made it clear that the committee needs money in addition to the mere amount sufficient to defray the expenses of the celebration; that the acceptance of the monument involves responsibility for its care; that it is very desirable to erect a suitable villa on the grounds for the comfort and convenience of visitors, and that there are many other appropriate uses to which all money that might be subscribed may be put. Upon invitation of Mr. \V. A. Mauney, the committee agreed to hold its next meeting in the town of King's Mountain tomorrow afternoon at 1.30 o'clock. SERVICE IN THE PHILIPPINES. Ben Thompson of Rock Hill, a trooper of the Sixth cavalry (regulars), writes to a friend In his home town, a letter that Indicates all Is not yet smiling peace in the Philippines. His letter Is reproduced from the Rock Hill Herald, of September 15, as follows. Jolo Jolo, P. I., July 26, 1909. Mtf TTrlpntl a rwl Qr?V? nnl m a f a .Tlist fl few lines to let you know what we are doing in the Far East. I promised while .n Rock Hill to let you hear from me, but never could find much that would interest anyone who knew nothing of the climate and surroundings. I have *ust undergone an experience that aiways seemed to be the height of my ambition. I am alive and en Joying good health with the exception of a few scratches and bruises and a sorrow-filled heart. Just to think our foreign service has almost expired and not an "unfortunate" until this month. We are camping tonight 15 miles from Jolo Jolo. We were ordered out the night of July 2, to chase down Jlklri and his band of outlaws. After marching all night we had breakfast 1 _ a o?i l UI1 lilt} Illuming U1 tut} OIU aim I caicu until about noon and then took up the march again. At 3.35 on the evening of the 3rd the first shot was fired and the boom of the guns could be heard all night. The firing ceased about dawn of the morning of the 4th, but was resumed at 7 o'clock. I was detached from my troops and attached to the machine gun platoon. For a while it seemed that we were powerless, but victory was ours in the end. The evening of the third was a running fight across mountains and swamps until Jlkiri and his band of Moro followers took refuge in a cave which was so strong that the mountain batteries' strong three-inch gun would make no impression on it. About 8.45 the morning of the 4th, as I was at my post at the machin gun with bullets whistling about m> head, and under cover as much as possible, my best chum, Bernard, whose home was in New York, gave one scream and fell into my arms, only to die without speaking. He was shot in the right cheek, the bullet ranging upward and penetrating the brain. The hospital corps relieved me of my burden and back to my post I went, thinking, as we fired round after round of ammunition, if I should forfeit my life without seeing Rock Hill again. Yes, I certainly thought of all my friends and then my comrade, and to see his place vacant at the gun certainly made my blood run cold. At noon of the 4th firing dwindled down, only to be renewed at 3 p. m., but entirely ceased at about 9 o'clock. At 7 o'clock on the morning of the 5th the firing commenced from the enemy's side and continued until 10.30, when Captain Bryan decided to charge the cave. At 11.05 the command to charge was given and never do I want to witnana such a. dreadful sight again. The battle lasted just 25 minutes after we charged the cave, and I was blood from head to foot, but only felt a few slight bruises, yet I thought I was almost dead when I looked at my clothing. Such a funny feeling I never had. The cave was dug out some five feet downward in a large mountain and then ranged upward for 25 or 30 yards. When we charged the cave the fight was hand to hand, the Moros using bolos, spears and prizes, while we used our revolvera Our rifles were in our way, the first was so close and it being dark you could only see by the flash of your revolver. Well, It ended In a bloody slaughter, as we lost four men and twentyone wounded, while we left nothing breathing, no not one, to tell the tale, and now we are chasing the remainder of his followers over this island through swamps and marshes. Jlkiri has given the Sixth cavalry trouble Hnnn horn and WP ever since we uurv mvvm MV.W ?? all feel at ease since he and his followers are out of the way. But there are more yet to be gotten, and I think we will get them easy. I think if I ever reach God's country again I'll stay there, for I have certainly seen some hard service since I have been here. I tendered my resignation as sergeant last April in an attempt to transfer, but nothing doing. They just won't let you transfer out of the cavalry, but you can transfer from any other branch of service to the cavalry. We have lost a great many fine horses from hard service. The sun is extremely hot here in the day and the mosquitoes at night are as thick as raisins in a multi-millionaire's fruit cake on Christmas day. We sail for the United States on the 15th of December, this year. My enlistment expires the 23rd of April, 1910, and no more for me. These two enlistments have satisfied my desire to be a soldier, as there is too much hardtack and corned beef for my appetite. Yet I would not sell my experience for Rockefeller's millions. Say, my paper has about given out and we are in the field and I can't get any more, but we expect to get in our quarters the 1st of August. The island the fight occurred on Is called Patian. As ever, your friend, Benjamin F. Thompson, Troop "K," Sixth U. S. Cavalry. LOCAL LACONICS. Until January 1, 1910. We will send The Yorkville Enquirer * * ? 1 At A #/%?. from tms date tin January i, 15m, !? 54 cents. Will Try Again Thursday. Because last Friday was such an inclement day, only a few of the people who were to have helped clear up King's Mountain battleground put in their appearance, and it was decided to make another attempt next Thursday. Will Go In Automobiles. Gaffney, September 18: Several auto parties are being arranged In Gaffney, [to go to King's Mountain battleground on October 7th, to be present at the unveiling of the monument at that place to commemorate the battle which was so important to the success of the continental forces. Road Experts Coming. Hon. E. J. Watson, commissioner of agriculture and labor, has requested the national office of public roads to send several experts to South Carolina, and the understanding is that he has York county in mind as one of the counties to receive the benefit of Instructions from these experts. Bitten By a Cat. A little child of Mr. Laughridge, 011 a farm t\vo and one-half miles south of Yorkvllle, was viciously attacked by a cat one day last week, under somewhat peculiar circumstances. The cat, a strange one, was lying In a cotten row, when the child came up, and without provocation, the cat attacked the child, biting and clawing viciously. Some older people later went after the cat and It showed fight to them also. The cat was killed, and on the theory of possible hydrophobia, its head was sent off for examination. As yet, however, 110 unmistakable evidences of i-xrar-nt.VinMa have vet heen discovered. A Plea For the Orphans. A. T. Jamison, of the Connie Maxwell orphanage, Greenwood, has sent out the following' to the papers for publication: "Will you please be kind enough to call attention of your readers to the Important enterprise that is scheduled by the orphanages for Saturday next, September 25? It is agreed by all the orphanages of the state that their friends and supporters shall be invited to devote the proceeds of labor or salary that day to the work of orphan children. I have been requested by Dr. Jacobs and Brother Wharton to help in extending publicity with regard to the matter. We feel that thousands and thousands of children could be enlisted in the work of picking cotton or performing some other tasks for the day. But we would emphasize the fact that the effort Is not meant to be restricted to the children. It is hoped that professional men, laboring men nn/i men nnd women of every descrip- i tion may think It not beneath them to join In this plan. We see no reason ] why as a result of next Saturday's effort there should not be contributions , taken next Sunday in a thousand Sun- , day schools in South Carolina for the J orphans." ~ i A Peary Tribute to Cook.?The ' Peary people think they will yet win ' out because they have heard that Dr. j Cook proposes to write a book. Maybe ' so, but Peary has in times past written some things which are going to rise up ! to plague him. He once wrote that if ' any man could discover the pole it f would be Dr. Cook, and In his book, ' "Northward Over the Great Ice," he < wrote: "To Dr. Cook's care may be attrib- ! uted the almost complete exemption of the party from even the mildest indls- ' poslions, and personally I owe mucn ' to Ids professional skill and unruffled patience and coolness in an emergen- ' cy. In addition to his work in his 1 special ethnological field, in which he ! has obtained a large mass of most 1 valuable material concerning a practically unstudied tribe, he was always < helpful and an indefatigable worker."? i Asheville Gazette News. t ROCK HILL HAPPENING8. ft U li Recent Deathe?Another Mercantile p Establishment For Hickory Grove? & W. B. Wilson, Sr., to Go Into the ^ Dairy Business?Personal and Other a Notes. o Correspondence The Yorkvllle Enquirer Si _ . n Rock Hill, September 21.?Mrs. Saul- " ler, wife of Mr. Samuel H. Sadler, who has been filling the position of night watchman at the Manchester mill for u the past ten or twelve years, died at ? the Fennel hospital Friday afternoon, ? after a brief illness with tuberculosis of the stomach. Funeral services j? were conducted at the Manchester mill , church Saturday afternoon, by Revs. " W. H. Ariall and H. R. Mills, after *. which the interment was made in H Laurelwood cemetery. The deceased !. was before marriage, a Miss Adams of Lancaster county, and besides her husband, three sons and one daughter, she is survived by two brothers and a one sister, viz: Mr. J. A. Adams, su- * perintendent of the Arcade mill, Mr. W. G. Adams and Mrs. L. A. Pope, 8 all of this city. " Mrs. Mallnda Locke, died at Lesslie P Sunday morning, at the advanced age e of 95. Besides other relatives, she n leaves two sons, Messrs. W. L. and J. c C. Locke of Lesslie. The funeral and 0 Interment took place at Catawba Bap- * _i u ?ka Dnv *1 11.SI CI1UIUII, muuuajr iiiuiuuib, iuc >?v.. R. T. Marsh, of this city conducting JJ the services. ?' Mr. T. I. Williams of Spartanburg, ? field secretary of the Baraca-Phila- J thea movement in this state, delivered c quite an interesting address on the P workings, alms and object of the a movement, in St. John's M. E. church n Sunday afternoon. Members of all the v churches of the city were invited ti ? attend the meeting and all the differ- t ent denominations in the city were P represented. Mr. Williams came to ? Rock Hill on the invitation of Mr. b C. K. Chreitzberg, president of the Bar- a aca class of the Sunday school of St. * John's M. E. church. The petitions that are being circu- Jlated in this city for signatures ask- 1 lng the York delegation of the general *3 assembly to change the law so as to ? give the citizens the power to elect tne ~ trustees of the Rock Hill school dla- 0 trlct, are being numerously signed. ? Mr. R. H. Jackson, superintendent 1 of Mr. J. H. Milling's big farm, six ? miles west of the city, will move to J Hickory Grove next year and engage r in the mercantile business. A brick * store house is now in course of con- c struction for him at that place. Mr. W. B. Wilson, Sr., announces J that he will run a large poultry, truck * and dairy farm on his plantation north ?j of the city next year. He will have f! associated with him In the business, * as manager and part owner, Mr. C. H. 5 Smith of Asheville, N. C., who for a some time has been connected with ? the dairy, poultry and farm depart- J] ment of Wlnyob sanitarium In that j" city. * Mr. Ira B. Dunlap, cashier of the 0 National Union bank, has returned T r^Kloaam nrhara Via fl " meeting: of the American Bankers' as- ? sociatlon. ? Rev. H. R. Mills, pastor of St. John's ? M. E. church of this city, will deliver " an address at Concord church on Sat- ? urday of this week, the occasion being: the annual Children's Day and Sunday School picnic. Rev. J. M. Bigrham of Huntersvllle, N. C., will do the preaching at a protracted meeting which will begin at e the A. R. P. church of this city Thurs- ti day night. n * ' h 80UTH CAROLINA NEW8. b ? Lancaster, September 18: Magis- |, trate Caskey rendered his decision F this afternoon in the matter of the 11 preliminary hearing before him Wed- o nesday of Cecil Broom of Waxhaw, N. n C., charged with criminally assaulting a a young lady in this county, the mag- ? lstrate deciding to send the case up J( to the circuit court for trial. ? Spartanburg, September 18: Varn p Willis of Clifton, was attacked on v Magnolia street in front of the court g house tonight by Will Rogers, boss of p, the spool room at Glendale mill, and a cut on the left side of the throat. From what can be learned of the af- n fair there was no provocation for the p cutting. Rogers is said to have walk- c ed up to Willis and put the knife into & him and then skipped out The sheriff a and police have failed to locate Rog- g ers. Willis is seriously wounded. 1] ? Erskine college was formally open- w ed last Wednesday morning to begin ? the 73d year of college work. In this 5 advanced age, when many of the larg- ^ er universities and colleges are be- <* ing assailed for their false teachings, u old Er8kine, it may be said, has with- ? stood the test and stands boldly for 11 pure thought and teaching. The open- * ing this year is very auspicious. Be- a tween one hundred and forty and one hundred and fifty students have al- ? ready registered. Several of the old J students have not returned, while a * few new ones will be added by next " week, which is expected to swell the a enrollment to 160. a ? Columbia State: Insurance Com- c missloner McMaster has just finished his semi-annual statement of receipts from Insurance companies doing buslnesB in this state. This statement will ' form part of the annual report to the ^ legislature. The statement shows that the net premium receipts from fire in- !: surance companies for the six months f, ending June 30, were $912,429.08; life L insurance companies, $1,621,125.26; w miscellaneous companies, $140,652.03. P. The additional license fees as authorized under the recent act of the legislature show collections as follows: Fire insurance companies, $17,340.04; life, $30,051.94: miscellaneous, $2,693.52. ^ The fire inspection tax collected only . from the fire Insurance companies amounted to $1,833.91. ^ ? Chester, September 17: Judging ^ from the renewed activity of the w Southern Power company in acquiring y property and water rights along Ca- rr tawba river and Fishing creek, near bi Fort Lawn, the development of the u water power on Fishing creek Is close aj at hand. Among the purchases recent- <j lv made was the entire Dlantatlon of ci Mr. W. E. Jordan, for which the tidy al little sum of $12,500 was paid, and p) Mrs. J. L. Young's place, which q brought Its owner about $10,000. Capt. ^ Barnett has also sold twenty acres for w $2,000, " and Mr. John E. Jordan has r< sold water rights on some of his river tl bottoms. About all of the land along o] the two streams that would be affect- ai ed by backwater or In other ways by m the building of the dam has been pur- $5 chased, and the immediate development it of the property may be speedily looked tl for. d< ? There was quite a sensation In di Spartanburg last week as the result of rc the discovery In a pawn shop of a lot K of household goods, alleged to have al been stolen by burglars. The goods a? belonged to Mrs. C. D. Loone, the wife A of a Spartanburg citizen, who is on th the road as a traveling salesman. Mrs. st Loone gave It out a few days before, d? that her house had been ransacked by w burglars and appealed to the police. 18 The police found the goods In a pawn- of shop, and the pawnbroker convinced gi them that they had been pawned by w Mrs. Loone herself. Mrs. Loone ad- cc mitted that she had pawned these at goods, but claimed that the goods In stolen by the burglars were others Jc like them. It is said that the police cl had taken no stock in the burglar mat- cc ter; but had been compelled to expose Si the whole thing because of frequent wi previous -criticisms as to their alleged Inefficiency. ? Spartanburg, September 18: Gro- m ver Caton, 19 years old, employe at sa the Spartanburg mills, was struck by th passenger train No. 38 on the Southern ai railway near the Green street crossing ar this afternoon at 5 o'clock and In- E1 stantly killed. His skull was crushed, at his neck broken, his left arm broken th and the wall of his left chest crushed te through. It seems that the young man z\\ was standing on the track of the pas- sh senger train watching a freight going th 3outh. He did not notice the passen- ar ?er coming until It was too late to get ha aut of the way. He made one step to as ?et off the track when he was struck, br He had been standing on the passen- cc ?er track for half a minute or less (je when he was killed. There werte seveiral m] ?ye-wltnesses to the tragedy. The in- pr }uest was held tonight at 8 o'clock by hj Magistrate Wetmore, Coroner Turner ho pelng ill at his home. The testimony an ivent to show that the deceased was ha i sober and industrious young: man. an Fie was from Newport, Tenn. hj, ? Columbia special of September 18: go Comptroller General Jones today re- an ported to Attorney General Lyon thlr- fit :y domestic corporations as having ri< illed to pay their corporation license ix of half a mill on the capital paid l. A special act of the legislature rovldes a penalty of $600 and $100 a ? ay for each day of failure. The tax 9 as due the 1st of April, making the unch of thirty due the state in pennies $600,000 In round figures. Of ouroe there Is no likelihood of the Late collecting even a small amount f these penalties, for In practically all f delinquencies the capital paid in is ^ xtremely small, and in many cases le companies have long since gone ut of business, although the law lakes no allowance lor inia unless issolutlon notice Is served with the ?cretary of state. Mr. Jones said toay that he would recommend a change i the law by the legislature next prlng so as to make the penalties easonable and provide for their col:ctlon by execution through, the sherTs. ? Columbia special of September 19, ? News and Courier: The dispensary lleged graft cases will come up next reek. The first definite announcement 3 this effect was made In court of eneral sessions this morning by Socltor Cobb, who stated that most rubably the cases would come up the arly part of next week. The anouncement was very brief and was oupled with the request for dismissal f all Jurors. "The dispensary cases," aid Mr. Cobb, "sometimes called the jraft cases,' will very probably come p the early part of next week. I ave no more Jury cases for this week, nd I ask your honor to dismiss all urors not engaged in. the present ase." This was done, ending the susense under which all had been held a to the possibility of some development In the "graft" cases this week. It /as not, however, expected In court lrclea that the cases would be called he present week, there were so many relimlnary matters to rot straightend out before the cases could be irought up. Several conferences of ttorneys have been held during the teek, and both the prosecution and he defence have been very busy getlng in line for the hard work that Is o come. It was not Indicated this norning which of the men under InLlctment would be tried first The genral impression Is that the members >f the last board of directors will poalbly be the first under fire In court, t Is also generally understood that .11 the cases cannot be completed at his term of court Two weeks of the erm have already passed by, and here remains two weeks more of the rlminal. term of court In the die enaaxy cases mere ib going iu ihj a nass of evidence and testimony and or this reason the cases will progress lowly, as compared with other cases. ^ Neither side has shown Its hand to ?r he public in any manner, and it is to >e expected that some startling ievelopments are in line on both Ides of the matter. Perhaps no tappening in South Carolina in ecent years has caused such stateride interest as the handing out f the indictments in these cases last reek. It has been a long wait for ome official step in the prosecution ~Wr t those who were connected with the Id state dispensary, and now that the ctual trial of the cases is close at land interest is intense. There is no nd to the questions and discussions ^ elng raised throughout the state. A MERE-MENTION. Chas. H. Treat, treasurer of the Unitd States, has resigned after holding he office since July 1, 1905 Four nen were killed, twelve were seriously mrt and twenty or more others were urled beneath the walla of a building ii course of construction in Chicago, Ylday Adjutant General Bonner f the Army and Navy Union, which let at Erie, Pa., a few days ago in nnual session, is charged with being inable to account for $1,900 of the un >n's funds George H. Stewart of lelena, Ark., a blind tiger, and Holmes 'errin, a deputy sheriff of Robinsonllle, Miss., had a pistol duel on the treets of Memphis, Tenn., Friday, lelther of the principals were hit, but bystander was hit by a stray bullet % Eight persons, six of them wolen, were seriously hurt in Phlladelhta, Friday, in a collision of street ars The report that James Wlion, secretary of the government's grlcultural department is to retire ram office, is again current in Washigton. In a few weeks Mr. Wilson is Mil have broken all records for length ^ f service of cabinet officials....Eight ookmakers were arrested at the fravesend race track. New York, Frlay, on evidence secured by detectives nder the personal direction of Gov- ^ rnor Hughes, and the evidence is beeved to be strong enough to send the amblers to Jail Twelve persons, whole family, were killed at Rlaco, lalv CVi/lov Kv tho AYnlnaiAn Ctf fl Mki/i A- 1 IUO>/ I V/ VI?V V*|/aww?vu ? ? reworks factory A dispatch from logador, Morocco, tella a story of the tiling of 200 men at that place Frlay, by the explosion of a powder magzine Information was received t Mobile, Ala, Saturday, telling ot tie destruction of the ship Nicholas 'astana, from Havana to Clenfuegos, n August 23, by an exploeloa The rew of twenty-seven, and two pasengers lost their lives Yeggmen racked a safe at Macon, Qa, Friday ight and got away with 3600 In nswerlng the invitation of the comllttee having in charge the "Lakes to % tie Gulf cruise," via the Mississippi Iver, for which forty governors have een invited and of which Mr. Taft Is j be the especial guest of honor, Govrnor Marshall of Indiana said, "If my lfe cannot go on the trip, I will stay t home." The committee at once ^ lade arrangements to take care ot le ladies on the trip....Dr. Frederick .. Cook, the discoverer of the north ole, was due to arrive in New Tork >day on the steamship Oscar n. A lagnlficent reception and banquet ^ 111 be tendered the explorer In New Jr ork on Thursday- night, at which Adliral Schley will preside The inks of New York state, operating nder state charters, now have assets STgregating $4,000,000,000, an Increase uring the past eighteen months of 100,000,000. These assets are divided 0 bout equally between the trust commies and the savings banks Dr. eorge A Fritch is held at Detroit, [ich., under a $10,000 remand ball, hile the police are investigating the ?cent death of a young woman in lat city by an alleged malpractice peratlon Mrs. Margaret Byers, a eccentric widow, 65 years old, of Harrington, fa., is Deing neja unaer 5,000 bail on charges of incendiarism. is alleged that she is responsible for le burning of ten barns and resl;nces within a radius of one mile iiring the past three months... .Eu?pean advices are to the effect that ing George of Greece, will probably jdicate his throne at an early date, i a result of military agitation at # thens, growing out of the failure of ie government to make a decided and to take the island of Crete unsr Greek protection. King George as elected to the throne of Greece in 63 The T. H. Bunch company, ' Little Rock, Ark., one of the largest a.' *aln brokerage houses in the country, ent into bankruptcy Friday. The incern did a business aggregating >out $5,000,000 a year The latest formation from Governor John A. >hnson of Minnesota, is that the lances now are in favor of his reivery. During Friday, Saturday and jnday, it seemed that his condition as all but hopeless. _ * Peary's Blundering.?wnen uomander Peary sent his wireless raes.ge asserting that Dr. Cook had sold e public a gold brick, his friends and Imirera departed from him In hosts id went over Into the Cook camp. ? yery day since he has diminished eadily the numbers of his friends so at they seem about to disappear utrly, after the manner of the Periztes told of in the Scriptures, who ared the fate of the Ammonites and e Hittites, the Hivites, the Moabites id the rest of the tltes and bites who id occupied the land of Canaan. He serts through the newspapers, and andishea the statement, that Dr. >ok is a fakir, a fraud and a pretenr. When a man so accuses another an he assumes the obligation to ? ove his accusation on penalty of mself standing convicted of false md. No man has the right to hold lother man's character In suspension .If a year. No man with a good case id proper self-respect will postpone s own vindication and the making od of his own word until he can earn m id collect royalty and syndicate pros on newspaper and magazine stois.?Richmond News Leader.